You should get some low light training.
Rails on a 1911
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You should get some low light training.
I like the look of all 1911s. WW2, A1, modern iterations, railed, full dust cover, full rail dust cover. If all I owned were 1911s, I'd be one happy paranoid man.
On a side note with rail mounted lights, a bright enough light (100 lumens+) can really disorientate a violent intruder. Enough so that the light kind of covers his whole field of vision and kill his night vision. It also allows you to have one hand free, more options.
But! I also agree that having a rail mounted light (trying really hard not to call it a "weapon light", woops.. there it goes) in Canada isn't as useful as it would be down south. But, would be cool to have. Nothing horribly wrong with tacticool gear.
On a side note with rail mounted lights, a bright enough light (100 lumens+) can really disorientate a violent intruder. Enough so that the light kind of covers his whole field of vision and kill his night vision. It also allows you to have one hand free, more options.
But! I also agree that having a rail mounted light (trying really hard not to call it a "weapon light", woops.. there it goes) in Canada isn't as useful as it would be down south. But, would be cool to have. Nothing horribly wrong with tacticool gear.
Maybe you should.
What is wrong with the low-light training I have done?
there's more than 1 course out there and different instructors have different opinions on methods.. who did you take yours with ? and what's their qualification ?
Mine is from the NRA's law enforement instructors course I took...
They say don't enter a dark room where there's a bad guy with the flashlight and gun right in front of your body, cause if they're armed, they'll naturally shoot at the light first, so if holding out away from you a bit, they'll miss and you can see their body outline or their muzzle flash and should be able to see them with flashlight pointing his direction (or hers, lets be politically correct
) and can shoot and hit your target.the other method gives bretter support, but if in house type situation, you'll be close enough and practise your strong hand only shooting... and weakhand as well more often...
I have done low light training, with, among others, Ken Hackathorn...accreditation, nothing springs to mind. I believe he is a well-known airsoft collector. Others I have trained with are primarily known for their paintball skillz, I think.
You definitely should not be running around with the light ON.
That is not at all the same thing as not putting a light on your gun. There is a reason that every single entry team in the western world puts lights on their guns! It is a matter of knowing how to use the light: flash and move. If you are picturing running around with your light on, then what you need is more low-light training so you can deploy your light effectively.
You definitely should not be running around with the light ON.
That is not at all the same thing as not putting a light on your gun. There is a reason that every single entry team in the western world puts lights on their guns! It is a matter of knowing how to use the light: flash and move. If you are picturing running around with your light on, then what you need is more low-light training so you can deploy your light effectively.
I have analysed my own situation and found this to be the case. It's bright enough on my 2nd floor that I can navigate to my son's room when he wakes up in the middle of the night without tripping over all the crap my wife leaves lying around.
It's bright enough that night sights aren't required, I can actually see a regular white dot reasonably well and a fibre optic sight or brass bead is quite visible.
Besides, I think I would prefer the option of 200-plus lumens on demand with a stoked GP100 in the other hand as opposed to a rail light giving away my position and rocking with recoil.
Steve David
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The 1911 is the classic auto pistol and a rail is just a tool that ruins the look of the quintessential design of the greatest handgun of all time, example:
THIS
LOOKS MUCH NICER THEN,
THIS
The rail is a neat tool, but the beauty of the 1911 is so flawed with one.
THIS
LOOKS MUCH NICER THEN,
THIS
The rail is a neat tool, but the beauty of the 1911 is so flawed with one.
i like 1911's a fair amount. i have not handled one i haven't liked, whether it had rails or not matter little to me. what does matter is the fact it must be in .45 or its just a tragedy lol.
strobes definitely have a role in home defense, but sadly we can not legally realize said role.
strobes definitely have a role in home defense, but sadly we can not legally realize said role.
The 1911 is the classic auto pistol and a rail is just a tool that ruins the look of the quintessential design of the greatest handgun of all time, example:
THIS
LOOKS MUCH NICER THEN,
THIS
The rail is a neat tool, but the beauty of the 1911 is so flawed with one.
And if you put anything on that rail, it is flawed even worse.
In your own house, with just that residual light, if you get out of bed, you can get around and know where the crap is. The burglar doesn't. Therefore, you're the one with an advantage.
A tactical light is more important in military and police scenarios, where they're entering premises they're not familiar with and they've had tons of practice with that tactical light. In your own home, the one that needs a tactical light is the burglar, and chances are he won't have it. Unless there's a general power outage, seeing a flashlight moving around the house raises suspicion from passersby and neighbors.
